Life After: Sonic Crew

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Sonic characters.

Thank for tha reviews, To All: This chapter contains Rouge's mom 'Susan' a white bat I'm not going into details. If for some reason you do know what her mom looks like and it NOT MADE UP by YOU! Then tell me but if you don't then...blah, blah, blah.

Chapter 13 – Bat Lady's Mom

Angel Island Next day

"Why do I have to go?" He asked

"Because I want you to meet my mother! What sense would it make if we get married and my mother had no clue?" Rouge said back trying to point out that he had no choice.

Rouge walked closer to him, "Knuckles why are you acting like this? It's just my mother."

Knuckles had no answer even he didn't know why he was acting like this, "I don't know think it's because I'm nervous. What if she hates me? You never mentioned her before, why now? Does she own any machetes?"

Rouge rolled her eyes, "What has Sonic put in your mind about mother-in-laws?"

"That they're evil, blood thirsty demons." Rouge sighed at him.

Rouge placed her glove hand against his cheek and stroked it, "Don't worry, you'll be fine." She gave him a warm smile.

They finish packing and left in Knuckles's car.

9:35pm

Rouge was telling Knuckles about her mother and how great she was, "Oh Knuckles you going to love my mom!" She said cheerfully.

Knuckles still a bit uneasy continued to drive, "Okay...which way now?"

"Go straight then on the second right turn right and it's the third house on the left." Knuckles followed her instructions.

They arrived at a white house small but not too small one car in the driveway, "Oh great! She's home! Oh by the way don't mention anything about my father..." She said her voice weakening a bit.

"Oh...I'm sorry..."

"No it's okay; it's just that, we don't like to talk about him." Her ears drooped a bit, and her expression softened with the memory.

They got out of the car and made their way to the house door. It was a two level house, all white with a small front porch. The windows had the blinds all the way down. A small light lit the porch. Rouge knocked on the door, instead of ringing the bell.

The door was answered quickly by a white female bat. She was a bit shorter than rouge and her white fur had a few gray hairs. It was her mother; her eyes were yellow, which led Knuckles to think that Rouge got her blue ones from her father. The mother's face changed from normal to excited as she saw her daughter.

"Rouge! Oh it's so great to see you again!" She said jumping into an embrace with her.

"Hi mom!" Rouge said smiling as she hugged her back.

He mother broke the embrace when she noticed Knuckles, "Who's this?" She pointed at Knuckles.

"Mom, this is Knuckles, he's my fiancé!" She had a squeal in her voice as she introduced him as her fiancé.

Rouge's mom seemed to be happy for her but eyed him suspiciously, "Knuckles, I'm pleased to meet you..." She said extending and arm.

"It's my pleasure." He shook her hand.

Rouge notice how her mom put on a fake smile, "Mom can we stay here a while so you can get to know Knuckles more?" Rouge asked.

"Of course honey. I so happy you finally stopped by! It's been a while since I've even heard from you." Her mom answered, "C'mon, get your stuff and come with me."

Knuckles and Rouge nodded, "I'll get them, okay?" Knuckles said turning around to walk back to the car.

"Sure." She pecked him on the cheek.

Rouge walked upstairs with her mom. She showed her former room from when she was young. It was now a guest room. It had a large bed, looked like queen size, it had thick white blankets covering it. There was small couch in the room underneath the wall with a small window. There was a dresser and a large closet, it was a very luxurious guest room, but hey, you should her mom's room, damn!

"Hey, where are you?" Knuckles called out from the downstairs area.

"We're upstairs honey!" Rouge called back, Knuckles slowly brought in five suitcases stacked on one another. He could barely see passed them. He put them down, hoping they would land on his foot.

"Okay Rouge, you can sleep bed and you..." Rouge's mom pointed at Knuckles, "...can sleep on the couch." She simply left.

Knuckles shrugged it off and hopped on top of the couch not really caring, "What are you doing?" She asked giggling.

"Gonna get some sleep." He said with a yawn.

"There is no way I'm letting you sleep on the couch." Rouge patting his head.

"What about your mom?"

"Knuckles we're going to be sleeping in the same bed for the rest of our lives. What difference does it make that we do it now? I mean, we've slept in the same bed before." She giggled as he blushed a little.

"Okay...but if your mom gets mad at me you're taking the blame. I told she doesn't like me, don't you see how she stares at me?" He got up moved towards the bed, slipping out of his shoes as lay down on it.

Rouge changed into her nightgown. She crawled onto the bed and snuggled up next to him. They were facing each other as she giggled a little;

"I love you." She smiled; it made her so happy every time she said it.

"I love too." He kissed her and put an arm around her. They slowly closed there eyes and slowly fell asleep.

9:25 am (Boy they slept in.) That's 12 full hours: one word (LAY-Z)

"Ahhhhh! Get your hand off my daughter." She screamed as she hit Knuckles with a broom (he-he broom)

"Ow (Hit) Ow (Hit) Ow (Hard hit) Ow!" Rouge woke up at the sound of Knuckles saying ow over and over;

"Mom! Mom! Stop!" Rouge yelled trying to calm her mom down, "Knuckles go wait outside for me please?" He nodded and put on his shoes and left rubbing his head.

"Mom what was is this all about he wasn't doing anything."

"Honey I need to talk to you about him..." Rouge didn't like the look on her mom's face.

Rouge raised an eyebrow, "What about?"

Rouge's mom looked uneasy, "I-I just don't trust him."

Rouge was not getting what she was talking about, "Mom what are you talking about?"

"Honey why not someone else, he's an echidna, not a bat..."

Rouge crossed her arms, that's whats been bugging her, "Mom please don't start this again, I know it might seem strange in your eyes but I do love him and that's all that matters to me, not if he's a bat or an echidna or anything else."

(Well human doesn't count, because that's just plain nasty!)

"Have you had sex with him?" Rouge was shock at her mother's question;

"Mom!" Rouge's face went red.

"Have you?" She asked again.

"No!" Rouge yelled knowing the real reason now.

"Mom this is the reason I came with him, so you can get know him for the sweet kind and caring man I know him as." Rouge's mom was quiet;

"Come on he's waiting for us." Rouge said getting out of bed.

Rouge was planning on just walking around and seeing her old neighborhood again. It took a while but Rouge finally convinced her mom to come along.

Outside

"Well I'm not gonna do it!" Great, he wants to go at it with me again.

"C'mon man, you have too!" I feel like I should stomp on him. I really feel like it.

"I'm not gonna wear a tux!"

"(Sigh) Yo, it's your own wedding."

"So doesn't mean I have to wear a tux!"

"Look either wear the tux or else..."

Knuckles crossed his arms showing no fear, "Or else what?"

"Or... (Sigh) I will make this my first Sonic/Knux fic."

He gasped in great fear, "You wouldn't dare, you're against those types of fics, and you also swore that you never write one!"

"Try me! I may be against them but that doesn't mean I won't write one or read one just to piss you off!"

Knuckles realized that this author is serous, "Soo...where is the nearest tux store?"

Rouge and her mom came out of the house, "I gotta get back and write the rest of this fic." So I continued to do my thing.

Knuckles walked over to greet them. They decided to go somewhere to eat first. I'ma make it simple…IHOP people!

After breakfast

They finished their meal and went on their way. Rouge's mom learned a bit more about Knuckles. How he lived on Angel Island all his life. His adventure with Sonic and the others, and they both told the story of how they met.

As they were walking down the sidewalk, two fire trucks and an ambulance zoom by and turn around the corner;

"Something's up." Knuckles ran after them and stop as about a quarter mile away there was a building on fire. Half the building was blazing with flames. It was spreading slowly but the fire hoses were having a lot trouble putting it out.

Rouge and her mom caught up and saw three firefighters trying to break down the door, but couldn't.

"C'mon hurry please my two children are in there!" A young human mother yelled as her tears grew more and more.

Knuckles heard the mothers cry and ran towards them;

"Knuckles don't!" Rouge yelled as she ran after him.

He ignored her, "Stand back!" He yelled kicking the door down. He ran inside, covering his mouth with his glove, and crouching a bit below the thick grey smoke.

Inside the burning building

Two cries from help could be heard through the cashing and crackling of wood falling and burning.

"Where are you?" Knuckles yelled. He couldn't see much, the flames were bright and the smoke was hurting his eyes.

"Help us!" Two voices cried out for upstairs. He found some steps, bad news was after the second flight of steps there were no more;

"Great just—ow! Crap that burns." The heat around him was a bit too much even for his strong body. He jogged up the steps and kick jumped off the wall to get to the floor where he thought the kids were.

After climbing up the wall he could hear the cries for help clearer, he ran toward a room that was even hotter. It was falling apart by the second.

"Mommy!" A little girl cried.

Knuckles ran into a room and saw a little girl holding on to her brother both scared and shocked, "Please help us please!" They cried.

"I will, I will." Knuckles took them in his arms. He head back for the entrance but falling wood blocked the entrance. They children cried even more.

He looked at the window. "Okay listen to me, hold on tight, no matter what okay?" He asked them they nodded and gripped him tightly, he ran toward the window and jumped, the kid grabbed him even harder as they fell.

They made a nice landing, he let go of them as they ran towards their mother. Knuckles looked more like Shadow now; he looked pitch charcoal black;

"Oh Knuckles!" Rouge ran towards the well-cooked echidna and hugged him, "Don't ever do that again! You really scared me!" Some tears fell from Rouge's aqua eyes, Knuckles only chuckled lightly;

"I'm sorry but sometimes I just have to." Rouge kissed him.

"Thank you, thank you so much." The young mother said walking over to them with her two kids.

"No problem," Knuckles said seeing something in the distant many vans, lots of people holding note pads, mics and tape records, "Oh no...c'mon we better leave before we're..." Rouge said as they were surrounded by evil, annoying, fast talking, insistent, jam-a-mic-in-your-face-answer-these-questions reporters.

(R.1 stand for 'reporter one')

R.1: "Knuckles The Echidna is true you just saved two children?"

R.2: "Is it true that you are now engaged to Rouge The Bat?"

Before any more questions could be asked "Look it Sonic The Hedgehog!" Knuckles yelled.

"Where?" The reporters looked behind themselves.

"Run! Now!" The three ran as fast as they could.

Back at the house.

"Sometimes I'm glad that Sonic is more famous than me." Knuckles said sighing as he walked in the house.

"Ooo am I sensing a bit of jealously?" Rouge said with a small smile.

"No it's just I can use him for distractions to run away from nosey reporters."

"Right..." Rouge smiled and kissed him.

"Ahem, Knuckles I want to apologize for how I've acted towards you, it's just I want the best for my daughter, and I thought you were like some other men going after her for the obvious. And now I that I know you a bit more I can see why Rouge loves you and I with that I want to say…I'm sorry." Rouge's mom smiled weakly.

Knuckles smiled back "It's okay. Mrs. Um..."

Rouge's mom chuckled "Please, call me Susan." So they sat down and talked about Rouge's childhood, where Knuckles lives and why blah blah, blah, blah, blah, yady, yada.

(They left with Susan's blessing for the marriage and told her the date of the wedding.)

Blah!

I don't why this chapter is the one I hate the most but I do sorry for the shortness but I have the wedding/honeymoon in the next chapter.

Oh and the thing about boy/boy fics thing, I wont write any those types really! But I might read them and like I do with all stories I give good reviews never, bad review unless it like the worst thing I've ever read but hasn't happen...yet. R&R!

Knuckles: JACKASS!

Snowman: What?

Knuckles: Making me wear a damn tux!

Snowman: (Sigh) Yo it for your own wedding! How can you not wear a tux to your own wedding?

Knuckles: Why can't I go like this?

Snowman: You don't have any clothes on!

Knuckles: I never do it!

Snowman: Look it's for something formal! Your wedding!

Knuckles: I WONT DO IT!

Snowman: Yes you will! Because I control your life in this fic!

Knuckles: Fine! I'll wear the damn tux! But, one thing!

Snowman: What would that be?

Knuckles: Make my wedding a good one AND don't write the part that me makes look bad!

Snowman: (Sigh) Fine! Damn echidna, always against the author…why can't anyone just work with me in peace?